•April 17, 2019•
The Okaw Valley boys’ track and field team placed third out of five teams in a meet at Cumberland last Tuesday.
Marshall scored 149, Casey-Westfield 78, Cumberland 37 and Oblong 12.
Several Timberwolves scored points.
Luke Vander Burgh long jumped 16 feet 1 inches for second place and took third in the 200-meter dash at 25.73.
Parker Perrine placed second in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:14.87, and Eric Boomer placed third in the long jump at 16 feet 7 inches. Read More
Category Archives: Sports
Sullivan Boys’ Track Fields Third in Quadrangular Meet
•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team placed third with 29 points in a quadrangular meet against Warrensburg-Latham, Cerro Gordo-Bement and Central A&M at Warrensburg last Tuesday.
The host Cardinals won with 79 points, and CGB took second with 68 points.
Several Redskins earned points.
Brodie Goss won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 43.74 and placed second in the 110 hurdles at 17.89.
Leighton Burcham won the long jump at 19 feet 5 inches and placed second in the triple jump at 37 feet 7 inches.
Cooper Browne ran the 100-meter dash in 11.99 for second place and triple jumped 35 feet 11 inches for third. Read More
OVHS Girls’ Track Team Wins Cumberland Meet
•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley girls’ track and field team won a meet at Cumberland with 98 points.
OV defeated Cumberland (86), Marshall (70), Casey (62) and Oblong (14).
Several Timberwolves scored points, including three relay teams taking first place.
Mia Harris high jumped 4 feet 10 inches for first place and took second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:50.97.
Julia Hildebrandt scored in three events. Read More
OV Softball Team Picks Up Win over CG/Bement
•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley softball team picked up its second win of the season by defeating Cerro Gordo/Bement last Wednesday but lost three other games last week.
Saturday, OV lost a morning game against Meridian 12-2 and the follow up game to Heyworth 14-0.
Last Tuesday, Tolono Unity defeated the Timberwolves 17-1.
Against Cerro Gordo/Bement, OV took an early 6-2 lead after two innings. Read More
Undefeated WSS Softball Team Takes Three Game Sweep
•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team stayed undefeated on the season after sweeping three games to win the Ramsey Tournament Saturday.
WSS defeated Ramsey, Hillsboro and Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond.
Against the Knights in the last game of the day, WSS plated three runs in the fourth inning which was the difference in the 3-0 pitchers’ duel.
Hatchet Karlie Bean pitched a one-hit shutout in seven innings with no walks. She struck out 18.
Addi Tinkle had the Knights’ lone hit. Read More
Three Straight Wins for Baseball Timberwolves
•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley baseball team rattled off three straight wins this past week.
OV defeated Shelbyville 9-1, Cerro Gordo/Bement 11-0 and Neoga 5-0.
Saturday against Shelbyville, OV took advantage of six runs in the second inning to help pull away from the Rams.
The Timberwolves tacked on three more runs in the next two innings for the eventual 9-1 win.
Kadan Miller and Cale Roley each recorded two hits, and Dalton McGill, Camden Coleman and Roley each walked twice.
Cameron Sharp and Roley each had two RBIs and McGill had one.
Eli Hagerman pitched six and 2/3 innings and struck out seven. Read More
Knights Bring Big Bats to Beat Arcola
•April 17, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond baseball team defeated Blue Ridge and Arcola but lost two to Casey-Westfield in a doubleheader Saturday.
Against Arcola on a windy day, the Knights blew a 5-4 game open with seven runs in the top of the seventh inning for the eventual 12-4 win.
Ryan Yeakley picked up the win in relief, pitching two 2/3 innings. He gave up no runs on two hits and no walks. He struck out five.
Dario Ayala pitched four and 1/3 innings and gave up three earned runs on four hits and three walks. He struck out eight.
Ten Knights recorded at least one hit. Read More
ALAH Softball Knocks Off MacArthur in Five
•April 10, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond softball team finished the week 2-1 and started the season 1-0 in the Little Okaw Valley Conference this past week.
ALAH defeated MacArthur 11-1 in five innings Saturday to improve it record to 7-3 overall.
The Knights scored runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings, including four runs in the fourth and fifth innings.
Makenzie Brown was 3-for-3, including a triple, with three runs scored and a stolen base, and Shelby Frederick went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and a run scored.
Addi Tinkle and Maria Garza each had two hits and Tinkle added two RBIs.
Kirsten Corum had a hit and scored two runs, and Cheyenne Chupp recorded two hits. Read More
Sullivan Boys’ Track Ties for Second at Quadrangular Meet
Photo by R.R. Best
Jayden Troxell is pictured.
•April 10, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ track and field team competed in the 49th annual Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Boys Invite Saturday and a quadrangular at Shelbyville last Tuesday.
The Redskins placed ninth out of 15 teams in the ALAH Invite with 25 points.
Tuscola won the meet with 86 points.
Five Redskins placed in the top ten.
Brodie Goss finished second in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the 110-meter hurdles with time of 43.81 and 17.61, respectively.
Leighton Burcham placed top ten in three events.
He long jumped 19 feet 5 inches for second place and triple jumped 36 feet 8 inches for sixth place.
He also ran the 100-meter dash in 12.32 for tenth place. Read More
Sullivan Girls’ Track Wins Quadrangular Meet
•April 10, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan girls’ track team placed eighth in the Shelbyville Invitational Friday and won a quadrangular meet at Shelbyville last Tuesday.
Friday at the Shelbyville Invite, seven Redskins scored 28 points for eighth place.
Zoe Walton high jumped five feet for first place, and Alaya Bolin tossed the shot put 33 feet 5 inches for second place.
Emily White high jumped 4 feet 10 inches for fourth place and ran the 300-meter hurdles in 52.63 for fifth place.
Ally Elzy threw the discus 92 feet 7 inches for fifth place, and Keelie Fleener long jumped 14 feet 4 inches for sixth place. Read More